Multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to install malicious code or steal personal data have been discovered in the Mozilla Suite and the Firefox browser.
Ian Latter, senior security consultant at Internet security specialist Pure Hacking, said that most of the vulnerabilities are based on the way the applications handle JavaScript. Another issue could allow malicious scripts to gain access to random pieces of memory, he said.
As security bugs swarm around the Firefox browser, volunteer marketers want to shore up the open-source project's security message. While the Mozilla Foundation made patches available for significant new security holes, Firefox partisans finally acknowledged that the core sales pitch for their browser may be vulnerable.
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